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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
September 2, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SAMENA Council and TRA Bahrain define a collaboration framework to tackle pressing telecom industry issues
 
 
SAMENA Telecommunications Council and Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRA) of Bahrain, respectively represented by CEO and Member of the Board of Directors of SAMENA Council, Mr. Bocar A. BA, and HE Sh. Nasser Bin Mohamed Al Khalifa, Acting General Director of TRA, have extended their co-operation building efforts and have officially entered into a collaborative framework, to help practically address pressing industry areas that concern the future of the Bahraini market as well as that of the Middle East.
 
Expresso Telecom Group partners with RwandaOnline to duplicate Rwanda’s e-Government portal across Africa
 
 
As part of its ongoing strategy to provide new services that will help improve the lives of people across Africa, Expresso Telecom is working with Rwanda Online to showcase the e-Government service developed for Rwanda to other Governments across Central and West Africa...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Etisalat roaming packages offer business customers coverage across all in-flight networks
Member Logo Etisalat announced that subscribers of any Global Business Roaming pack can now enjoy in-flight coverage in all airlines that provide on-board connectivity at no extra cost...
 
•  Zain Bahrain suspends unregistered accounts
Member Logo Zain Bahrain, the leading telecom services operator in the kingdom, has announced the temporary suspension of all non-registered post-paid SIM cards and home broadband lines following the September 2 deadline set by the...
 
•  Somali President tours Huawei's Executive Briefing Center in Beijing
Member Logo As part of his visit to China on the sidelines of the FOCAC Summit, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia H.E Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo visited Huawei's Beijing Executive Briefing Center and met with Yi Xiang,...
 
•  First customers live between Marseille and New York, and Marseille and Frankfurt
Member Logo As announced earlier this year, De-CIX GlobePEER Remote service is available in Marseille, connecting Marseille to New York and to Frankfurt, as well as to further DE-CIX exchanges...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Zain Group refinances USD 700 million revolving credit facility
 
•  ­­­­Batelco recognised for its support as telecom provider for youth city 2030
 
•  Huawei announces commercial availability of eLTE-DSA solution for building a 4.5G-Based and 5G-oriented power grid neural network
 
•  Tech Mahindra teams up with Microsoft to curb spam calls
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• TRA issues regulation on permitting and installation of public radio-communications stations
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of Bahrain has announced the issuance of the regulation on permitting, installation, upgrading and maintenance of public radio-communication stations (PRS)...
 
• ACCC begins fixed line services inquiry
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launch an inquiry on the future of existing declarations for six fixed line services currently offered over Telstra’s copper network...
 
Middle East
 
• Airbus and STC Specialized team up to make the Hajj 2018 safer
Together with the telecom companies STC Specialized and House of Invention International (HOI) in Saudi Arabia, Airbus has supplied secure communication infrastructure to the security staff protecting this year’s Hajj...
 
• Oman is number 3 globally in mobile penetration rate
With 6.944 million mobile subscribers at end of 2017 in Oman, the sultanate averaged 1.5 mobile phones per person and a penetration rate of 152.3 per cent which is among the highest in the world...
 
• China's Alipay offering in the UAE strengthened
Payment solutions provider Network International has announced that Alipay, one of the world’s largest online and mobile payment platforms, will be integrated as standard across all its N-Genius payment terminals...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• Deutsche Telekom turns Entertain TV into OTT service
In a landmark move, German telco Deutsche Telekom will offer its IPTV platform Entertain TV as an OTT version from autumn 2018...
 
• Western Union targets global mobile expansion
International remittance company Western Union plans to make its digital cash transfer service available to customers in 200 countries, with a specific focus on enabling mobile transactions...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Intel and Ericsson complete 5G-NR call over 39 GHz
Intel and Ericsson completed the first 5G-NR compliant live data call over the 39 GHz band using Intel’s RF mm-Wave chip with Ericsson Radio System commercial equipment, including the 5G NR radio AIR 5331, baseband and...
 
 
South Asia
 
• ICT the 5th largest foreign exchange earner in Sri Lanka
Digital literacy has reached 39% and that ICT exports have surpassed $1 billion, making ICT the 5th largest foreign exchange revenue earner in Sri Lanka...
 
• A new e-commerce platform kicks off in Pakistan
Pakistan’s expanding e-commerce market has prompted yet another launch with Ezbuy becoming the latest addition in the online market space...
 
North Africa
 
• Algerie Telecom makes daily data bundle offer permanent
Algerie Telecom has made its summer promotion on 4G data bundles a permanent offer...
 
3G and 4G Networks
 
• SmarTone launches LAA LTE
Hong Kong cellco SmarTone has launched the territory’s first commercial Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) LTE-A network, supporting speeds of up to 1Gbps using aggregate licensed and unlicensed LTE carriers with 5CC...
 
• Entel tops Chile 4G ranking in speed, Movistar in reach
Chilean operator Entel has topped Chile’s 4G speed ranking for the first time in the latest mobile network report published by OpenSignal, taking over from Claro (America Movil)...
 
• Ericsson deploys triple-standard cell site in Myanmar
Ericsson has deployed a combined 2G, 3G and LTE cell site in rural Myanmar with a new solution designed to keep power consumption per site below one kilowatt...
 
Alternative Telecom
 
• Singtel, KVH aim to digitalize APAC's maritime sector
Singtel has announced a new partnership with global satellite and maritime communications provider KVH Industries to accelerate the digitalization of the maritime sector in Asia-Pacific...
 
• Codebase in deal to provide digital identity in GCC
Codebase Technologies, part of an investment group based out of UAE, has joined forces with US-based Acuant in providing the GCC region with digital identity and eKYC solution, Digibanc Identity...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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